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<p>On the <span style="font-weight: bold;">General</span> tab, you can specify the following properties of the page template:</p>
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<td valign="top" width="228" style="width:228px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Template display name</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>The name of the template displayed to the users.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="228" style="width:228px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Template code name</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>The name of the template used in website code.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="228" style="width:228px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Category</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Here you can choose the category of the page template.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="228" style="width:228px; height:19px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Template description</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:19px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Description of the template shown in the page template selection catalog.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="228" style="width:228px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Thumbnail</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Teaser (preview) image of the template. It is displayed in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Select template</span> dialog, e.g. when you are creating a new page. When a file is uploaded in the field, two icons are displayed next to it:</p>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Edit</span> (<img src="edit.png" width="13" height="13" border="0" alt="Edit">) - if the file is an image, clicking the icon opens it in the built-in <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/image_editor_overview.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">image editor</a>. If the file is not an image (which would not make sense as no thumbnail could be displayed), the <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/Metadata_editor.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">metadata editor</a> is opened after clicking the icon. </td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Delete</span> (<img src="delete.png" width="13" height="13" border="0" alt="Delete">) - removes the file from the field.</td></tr></table></div></td>
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<td valign="top" width="228" style="width:228px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Template type</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Determines the type of pages that the template can be used for. The following options are available:</p>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Portal page</span> - functions as a standard <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/portal_engine_overview.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">portal engine page template</a>.</td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">ASPX page</span> - uses the <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/aspx_page_templates_how_it_works.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">ASPX page template</a> development model and is based on a standard ASPX web form. If selected, the path to the source file must be entered into the <span style="font-weight: bold;">File name</span> property.</td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">ASPX + Portal page</span> - works the same way as the <span style="font-style: italic;">ASPX page</span> option, but also supports certain portal engine functionality, such as managing web parts or widgets in predefined zones on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Design</span> tab of CMS Desk directly through the browser.</td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dashboard page</span> - provides a template for <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/dashboards_overview.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">dashboard</a> sections of the CMS interface. This type of page template cannot be used for standard content tree pages.</td></tr></table></div></td>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:18px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Only available if the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Template type</span> is set to <span style="font-style: italic;">Portal page</span>. Indicates if the pages that use the template should be <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/the_master_page_concept.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">Master pages</a>. Master page templates are usually used for the main menu and logo of a website.</p>
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<p>Enabling this also causes the template to be selectable as the root master page template in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">New site wizard</span>.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:19px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Only available if the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Template type</span> is set to <span style="font-style: italic;">Portal page</span>. Configures the visual inheritance as explained in the <a href="http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/6_0/devguide/visual_inheritance.htm" target="_blank" class="weblink">Visual inheritance</a> topic.</p>
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<p>You can choose from the following options:</p>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inherit all </span>- inherits the content of all parent pages</td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do not inherit any content</span> - displays only the current page without any parent content</td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inherit only master page </span>- inherits from the first master page above the page in the content tree, i.e. if there are more master pages, it inherits only from the one which is the closest above it in the hierarchy</td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">&#8226;</span></td><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Select inherited levels </span>- inherits only content from the chosen content tree levels. If you don't select any content tree level, the page template will inherit all content.</td></tr></table></div></td>
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<td valign="top" width="568" style="width:568px; height:19px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p>Only available if the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Template type</span> is set to <span style="font-style: italic;">ASPX page</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">ASPX + Portal page</span>. Specifies the path to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">.aspx</span> file that the page template should be based on. The file may either be chosen using the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Select</span> button, or its path can be entered manually. The tilde character (~) represents the root directory of the project folder, e.g. <span style="font-style: italic;">~/CMSTemplates/CorporateSiteASPX/Blog.aspx</span></p>
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